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Headlines and quotes from all over (2/22/2007 – 3/2/2007):
Recaps from an eventful week follow:
3/2/3007
Border Patrol Trial Transcripts – Robert H. Arnold, Jr. (Volume XI)
More in this ongoing series. h/t DRJ – Patterico
3/1/2007
Pelosi urged to probe Ramos-Compean
38 Republicans want House hearings on border agents’ case h/t missionaryman – News from the Border
2/28/2007
Your George W. Bush open border policy at work
A big drug bust today: Dozens of people accused of working for one of Mexico’s largest drug cartels are in custody today. The feds say the suspects are believed to be involved in a multistate operation that netted more than 45 (m) million dollars in cocaine, heroin, marijuana and meth. At least …h/t W.C. Varones – Polipundit
Cudahy resembles a Mexican border town more than it does a Los Angeles suburb. Entrenched gangs and Mexican drug trafficking have trapped working-class legal and illegal immigrants in a cycle of violence and fear… h/t missionaryman – News from the Border
Records prompt call for new Ramos-Compean trial
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., plans to reveal today Drug Enforcement Agency investigative reports that confirm a previous WND story presenting evidence the drug smuggler given immunity to testify against border agents …h/t missionaryman – News from the Border
Lawmaker: Man shot by ex- agents had other drug charges
The drug smuggler who was shot in the buttocks by two El Paso Border Patrol agents who went to prison for it was involved in another drug smuggling attempt, U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., said. Rohrabacher said he would talk today in a news conference in Washington, D.C., about new evidence …h/t missionaryman – News from the Border
S.B. supervisors back ex-border agents
President Bush should consider pardoning two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting an alleged drug smuggler, according to a unanimous resolution by San Bernardino County’s Board of Supervisors. “This case appears to be a highly unusual situation where law-enforcement agents were not supported …”h/t missionaryman – News from the Border
Arizonans support trespass charges against illegal immigrants
Arizonans want a state law to allow those who cross the border illegally to be charged with trespass. The new statewide survey shows that 65 percent of the 600 registered voters questioned support having a law that would allow state and local police officers to arrest border crossers. … h/t missionaryman – News from the Border
House budget writers wait for Perry’s border plan
Key House budget writers say Gov. Rick Perry hasn’t given them a blueprint for spending his highly touted $100 million proposal for new border security funds or even formally requested money for the agencies that would do the work.
… via Chron.com
2/27/2007
Opening Border Zone to Mexican Trucks
New program to allow up to 100 Mexican trucking companies to travel freely throughout the United States beyond the border zone for the first time since 1982 … via foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
2/26/2007
Democrats get set to reward lawbreakers
What is the value of citizenship, when a country decides to reward assaults against it? h/t Bryan at HotAir.com
Enough is Enough We Need To Be Strong Again!
More Americans killed by illegal aliens than Iraq war
National Border Patrol Council
Illegal aliens are killing more Americans than the Iraq war, says a new report from Family Security Matters that estimates some 2,158 murders are committed every year by illegal aliens in the U.S. The group says that number is more than 15 percent of all the murders reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the U.S. and about three times the representation of illegal aliens in the general population.
h/t Wild Thing at TheodoresWorld
Border Patrol Trial Transcripts – Lorenzo Yrigoyen (Volume X)
More in this ongoing series. h/t DRJ – Patterico
Congressman: Bush ‘doesn’t give a damn’
Republican blames White House for failed appeal by Ramos, Compean
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., denounced President Bush for his refusal to intervene in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to deny the bond requests of imprisoned former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean …h/t missionaryman – News from the Border
Operation Linebacker | 1 year later
Border crime down; many still fear immigrants targeted
Crime in Texas border counties dropped overall in the first year of Gov. Rick Perry’s state-led border security operations, but …h/t missionaryman – News from the Border
Mexican anger over US ‘trespass’
Mexico’s Congress has condemned what it says is a border violation by US workers building a controversial barrier between the two countries. Legislators say workers and equipment building a section of the barrier have gone 10 metres (yards) into Mexico. The alleged border violation comes ahead of a high-level meeting in the Canadian capital Ottawa. US, Mexican and Canadian foreign ministersh/t missionaryman – News from the Border
2/23/2007
Border Patrol Trial Transcripts – Port of Entry Map
More in this ongoing series. h/t DRJ – Patterico
Border Patrol Trial Transcripts – Jose Luis Mendoza (Volume X)
More in this ongoing series. h/t DRJ – Patterico
2/22/2007
Knowingly Hire an Illegal Alien, Go To Jail
The Bush Administration is regularly — and deservedly — thrashed for their pro-amnesty stance on illegal immigration and their lackadaisical stance on enforcing our immigration laws that was only changed by political pressure.h/t John Hawlins – RightWingNews
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Illegal Immigration, Illegal Alien, Immigration, Border Security, MS-13, La Mara Salvatrucha, Mexico, Canada, Border, Invasion, North American Union, DHS, CBP, ICE.
